Rifbjerg, Klaus
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1931-2015) Danish poet and author, who has published at least 100 books since 1956; in his sf novel, De Hellige Aber (1981; trans Steve Murray as Witness to the Future 1987), two adolescents are transported almost half a century forward from 1941 (see Time Travel; World War Two), but find little in the year 1988 to give them joy about Progress. [JC]
Klaus Thorvald Rifbjerg
born Copenhagen, Denmark: 15 December 1931
died Copenhagen, Denmark: 4 April 2015
works
- De Hellige Aber (Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal, 1981) [hb/]
- Witness to the Future (Seattle, Washington: Fjord Press, 1987) [trans by Steve Murray of the above: hb/Art Chantry]
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